Poetry is Not a Luxury

“For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives." -Audre Lorde

Light and Shadow

Safety in Numbers

for lu and bean


The earth holds your feet,

warm and sure

through her hands.

The sun gifting splendor,

a fluid movement

through her hands.

The stars wrap around,

speaking wisdom

through her hands.

The ancestors on the plains

hidden in your depths,

were wanting to go home.


They are safe now -

and so are you.


A most blessed beginning.